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'The Conjuring 2' Pushed to 2016 So James Wan Can Return to Direct

Briefly: Warner Bros. Pictures had originally dated the horror sequel to last year's hit The Conjuring for October 23rd, 2015. However, since we haven't heard anything about a director or cast, we were starting to wonder if the film would be able to meet that date. And now we have our answer as the studio has removed The Conjuring 2 from next year's calendar and will release it sometime in 2016 instead. But there will still be horror from Warner Bros. this fall because an unspecified horror film will take the sequel's previous October 2015 date instead. But we're not sure at all what that film might be so stay tuned.

UPDATE: Well, despite the fact that James Wansaid that he was done with horror, it looks like Warner Bros. was able to coax him back into the genre as Deadline reports he has been hired to direct The Conjuring 2. In fact, that's why the film has been delayed, because Wan will be given enough time to finish and promote Fast & Furious 7 when it hits theaters on April 3rd, 2015. Then he'll move right into a summer start date for The Conjuring sequel. Considering the spin-off Annabelle didn't work as well without Wan behind the camera, this is great news.

In addition, Wan has also struck a deal to develop and produce modest budgeted films in the sci-fi, horror, and comedy genres by way of his Atomic Monster production banner. So even if The Conjuring 2 turns out to be Wan's last foray into directing horror for awhile, he'll still have ample opportunities to have his hands in several different genre projects at once. New Line is obviously happy with president Toby Emmerich saying, "We had a great experience with James on The Conjuring, and we give him a lot of credit for that movie working so well." Stay tuned to see when The Conjuring 2 will actually hit theaters.

Reader Feedback - 10 Comments

going to have to disagree, The Conjuring was a special movie and while Insidious and Sinister were very creepy and well done, The Conjuring was so suspenseful and built up perfectly.

Jon Odishaw on Oct 21, 2014

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I plan on watching it again one day and will give it a fair shot.
...'special movie'?

OfficialJab on Oct 21, 2014

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Yes, so good that its special.

Jon Odishaw on Oct 21, 2014

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I'd say it falls under special, given the fact that most horror movies are terrible. The Conjuring was very well done. Maybe not special when considering all of the movies in the past but definitely when compared to this recent crop of bad horror.

ColtNoir on Oct 21, 2014

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I'll agree with you, it is a combination of all horror movies these days being shit and only having gore or jump scares. The Conjuring was a throwback to those movies in the past that built such horrifying tension and could be scary as hell without even showing anything.

Jon Odishaw on Oct 21, 2014

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They were all comical.

ff on Oct 22, 2014

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Insidious & Sinister were comical. Nope nope nope.

ragethorn on Oct 21, 2014

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James Wan has become a real Hollywood director. So proud of him. Httin' dat mainstream.